But wait! Doesn't this story sound just a little too familiar to us? Wasn't it just last fall that we were being deluged with stories about Mookie Wilson's grounder being listed on eBay for much, much more?

Our memories do not deceive us, dear Stewies, because the same ball — which has been part of the Seth Swirsky Collection since it was purchased from Charlie Sheen — was posted on eBay with a buy-it-now price of one meeeeelion dollars last October. Swirsky was obviously trolling for a sentimental New Yorker or a vengeful Bostonian to get caught up in the 25th anniversary of the Mets' triumph over the Red Sox, but soon found out that no one was interested in paying $1 million for a baseball. It apparently received no bids.

Was it the two Boston World Series titles that prevented a bidding frenzy among Red Sox fans? Was it Bernie Madoff clearing out the accounts of rich Mets fans? We can't say for certain, but the ball that was ultimately scooped by Mets traveling secretary Arthur Richman and signed by Wilson is back on the block.